JIRKANDES EXPEDITIONS PERU works with professional with extensive knowledge about adventure tourism, providing new and the usual packages to our clients, giving reliable information, and protecting the environment since it´s important for carrying out this sensitive activity, always with the wish of working well and honestly, providing the best service to national and foreign tourists in trekking and climbing expeditions.
JIRKANDES EXPEDITIONS PERU has a select staff as experienced high mountain guides, trekking guides, officialguides, guide assistants, porters, cooks, cook helpers, donkey drivers and others, for your safety and comfort.

Below some of our staff at JIRKANDES EXPEDITIONS PERU.

ESTEBAN CIPRIANO CALDUA

High Mountain Cook

Language: Some English - Spanish - Quechua

Is one of the members of JIRKANDES EXPEDITIONS PERU, with many years of experience, he started working at the age of 18 as donkey driver, years went by and became in porter and climber. No doubt he´s been one of the best climbers of the zone, and reached the Summit of many mountain of the Cordillera Blanca such as Huascaran, Alpamayo, Chopicalqui, Quitaraju, Artesonraju, Pisco and others; and mountains of the Cordillera Huayhuash such as Diablo Mudo and Pumarinri, and also mountains of the Cordillera Vilcanota in the Cusco region such as Ausangate, Chilenita, Campa and others. Nowadays he spends his time exclusively as cook, becoming in one of the best local cooks. In the past years Esteban worked at many adventure tourism agencies in Huaraz up to 2010, now Esteban works in JIRKANDES EXPEDITIONS PERU as High Mountain Cook, and also makes High Mountain cooking courses.

Esteban´s younger son, was brought up in a environment of adventure which has inspired him to study tourism and has hiked through the different valleys of our zone by himself and has become in adventure and nature lover, with knowledge about the tourism field, a restless guy with the wish of knowing more about the Cordillera Blanca and Cordillera Huayhuash.

ALEJANDRO CIPRIANO CORONEL

Language: Some English - Spanish - Quechua

Esteban,s older son, he shows an interest and appreciation for the tourism activity in the Cordillera Blanca and Cordillera huayhuash. Alejandro is part of the staff of JIRKANDES EXPEDITIONS PERU and is in charge of our website administration and publicity. During his free time he hikes to different valleys to the east of Huaraz.

SAUL LUCIANO LLIUYA

Mountain Guide - UIAGM
Language: English - Spanish - Quechua

Is one of our Mountain guides, as a child Saul dreamed to climb the surrounding mountains, and studied at the Mountain Guide School of Huaraz to become a mountain guide, up to now Saul has climbed important mountains of the Cordillera Blanca such as Huascaran, Chopicalqui, Quitaraju, Alpamayo and others. Saul participates in courses organized by the UIAGM and the Peruvian Mountain Guide School.

DIOGENES JARAMILLO LLIUYA

Trekking Guide Language: English - Spanish - Quechua

Is one of the new members of JIRKANDES EXPEDITIONS PERU, from early age felt attracted by the outdoor activities as trekking, which took him to study at the Mountain Guide School of Huaraz, today with much experience in his field, and thanks to that Diogenes had many offers to go abroad. He knows different corridors of the Cordillera Blanca and Cordillera Huayhuash, and annually participates in mountain rescue courses.

CLEVER CORONEL MENDOZA

Porter and High Mountain cook Language: Spanish - Quechua

Is a valued member of our staff, Clever has climbed many mountains of the Cordillera Blanca such as the Huascaran, Alpamayo, Ishinca, Tocllaraju, Urus, and others, showing his skills of cooking in the mountains, thanks to his work he has known other regions of the country as Arequipa, and has had many compliments about his cooking skills. With clever good food is guaranteed.

EMILIANO ALVINO HUANÉ

High Mountain Cook Language: Spanish - Quechua

Experienced mountain cook, Emiliano started working on andenture tourism field in early 90´s, first as a donkey driver, then as a porter. He climbed important mountains of the Cordillera Blanca such as Huascaran, Alpamayo, Chopicalqui, Pisco, Artezonraju, and one mountain of the Cordillera Huayhuash Siula Grande Camp I (famous for Joe Simpson`s book -Touching the void).

ENRIQUE ALVINO SHUÁN

High Mountain PorterLanguage: Spanish - Quechua

As an experienced porter Enrique Alvino has reached the summit of the Huascaran, Alpamayo, Pisco, Ishinca and others several times, carrying aliments, mountain equipments and our clients’ personal bag up to the Camp I and Camp II of the mounatins, accompanying the tourists up to the summit when it was required, Enrique is a responsible porter who provides safety and comfort to our clients.

AGUSTIN MORALES DE PAZ

High Mountain Porter.Language: Spanish - Quechua.

Works on adventure tourism twenty five years ago, someone who has climbed important mountains of the Cordillera Blanca such as Huascaran, Alpamayo, Pisco, Tocllarju, Vallunaraju and others. Agustin knows every corner of this mountain range, he works as an experienced porter, sometimes he works as a cook assistant with the wish of learning more about the peruvian cuisine.

ROMEL MILLA CORONEL

High Mountain Porter.Language: Spanish - Quechua.

Is one of the members of JIRKANDES EXPEDITIONS PERU, despite of being very young Romel has climbed important mountains and knows almost all routes of the Cordillera Blanca and Cordillera Huayhuash, he works as a guide assistant and sometimes as cook helper as well.

HILARIO CRUZ

Donkey Driver Language: Spanish - Quechua.

Member of JIRKANDES EXPEDITIONS PERU, he drives the donkies that carry all the equipment that we need in different expeditions of trekking or climbing in Santa Cruz Valley. He is a responsible person with his job and likes so much helping to the other members of JIRKANDES EXPEDITIONS PERU.